I think we can all agree being ill sucks. I mean, sure, there is soup and wooly socks and binge watching tv but overall it is tres lame. Nine days into a hideous virus these perks were no longer cutting it and it was time to drag myself from bed and sew something snug and…
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Amanda vs Belladone
When it’s time to meet up with a bunch of rad lady sewing bloggers there are a number of concerns to be had: What if they realise I’m a twitchy anxious person with a tendency to talk to much? Am I fast enough to dodge a group of bargain hungry sewists on the way to…
Amanda + Sureau = luuuurve!
When I did French lessons I really loved it when my teacher would say my name in her gorgeous accent and make me feel like a movie star. I would immediately imagine I was kicking it back at some rad chateaux with my Parisian fiance Pierre (bonus point for using a French word!) who would…
Amanda vs Sureau Dress
Let’s start with some real talk. For all intents and purposes this was meant to be a muslin for the Sureau dress sewalong hosted by ::paunett:: and the designer of the pattern, Deer & Doe. I mean, I used stash fabric (I like to make a muslin in something colourful because it keeps me cheery…